Quarter One Reflection

At the end of the semester, you will have to compile a portfolio which reflects on your work and progress. In order to do this well, I would like you to take a few moments to review your work and reflect on quarter one. 

Look through your work for this quarter.

We have had many writing assignments as well as reading quizzes, performances, and presentations. Consider all of this as you reflect.

Find work that will either serve as a benchmark or that demonstrates your best work and please do one of the following:

1 Print out any work you think you might use for your portfolio at the end of the semester.

2. Place work in an electronic folder marked “Portfolio.

Goals:

Make sure you have your goal sheet! If you are nervous about losing it before January, please scan it or type it into your computer.

As you consider your work this quarter, think about where you are in addressing your three goals you set for yourself.

Make a quick list of where  you are with each of these goals and evidence you would use to support that idea.

In addition, please consider the following questions.

What do you think you did well this quarter? What would you consider your best work? Why?

What do you think you would like to continue to work on as you progress into next quarter? What was hard for you? Why?

What kinds of feedback was most helpful for your writing? Were there types of feedback that were less helpful? Explain.

What did you learn about yourself as a reader? Writer? Thinker? Speaker?

How did your thinking change or deepen as a result of our work and the texts we read this quarter?

What things do you need from me or the class to continue to move forward next quarter?

I’ll come around and check in for a quick conference with each of you later this week.